robotic surgery

I'm writing to inform any guys out there who are facing robotic prostate surgery NOT TO WORRY. I had it done in August and it went without a hitch. I caught it early and the cancer did not spread outside the prostate. As of this writing I still have some leakage but I was told that could take up to six months to fully recover. As for erections, not as of yet (boo-hiss) but surprisingly I CAN have orgasms. Anyone out there who's concerned about facing surgery feel free to respond.

Joey, welcome to HW, glad to see you are having a good recovery. Thanks for participatingJames C. Age 63Gonna Make Myself A Better Man tinyurl.com/28e8qcg4/07: PSA 7.6, 7/07 Biopsy: 3 of 16 PCa, 5% involved, left lobe, GS69/07: Nerve Sparing open RRP, Path: pT2c, 110 gms., all clear except: Probable microscopic involvement of the left apical margin -GS63 Years: PSA's .04 each test until 04/10-.06, 09/10-.09- Uh-Oh, next in Feb.ED-total-Bimix 30cc

Welcome, Many of us here have had the RRP, thats pro talk for Robotic Rad.. Prost.... There is much to be learned here about leakage and ED. heck, I have only been here for about 6 months and now I have both of these problems, but most likely my situation was from the surgery.

A lot of patients get sent to physical therapy for plevic floor muscle strengthening and many are helped by this. You didn't say if you had done this but it is something you might want to consider. It can't hurt?

You will find there is tons of discussion on how to deal with ED. Do some site searchs and you can see what others who have been this way have done.

Like you, I had a good experience with the surgery as far as pain and recovery.

Withot seeing your pathology, I can't fully evaluate your results, but it sounds good. I would just caution you to be sure that it is as the doctor said. Many guys on here get a second reading of the patholgy slides. Sometimes, even tho we have negative margins, the PCa finds a way of escaping. Perineural Invasion is one way.

Hopefully you will have PSA tests verey 3 months for the next year or so, to insure that "they got it all". The incontinence and ED battles can be a real challenge. Hopefully ypu wll make it through them successfully.